Nitin Gadkari

FEATURED ARTICLES ABOUT NITIN GADKARI - PAGE 4

NAGPUR: Former BJP national president Nitin Gadkari is leading with 24,440 votes against his nearest rival and veteran Congress leader Vilas Muttemwar in Nagpur seat. At the end of the first round, Gadkari polled 42,864 votes while Muttemwar 18,424 votes.

Karimnagar: Bharatiya Janata Party National President Nitin Gadkari will arrive here on Thursday to interact with farmers, weavers and coal mine workers. Martyars' Memorial Research Institute organiser L Veeragopal said that Gadkari would participate in an interaction programme with farmers, weavers, coal mine workers at Padmanayaka Function hall on October 18. Gadkari would arrive by helicopter accompanied by BJP national Secretary P Muralidhar Rao .

NAGPUR: Purti Alternative Fuels Private Ltd, a venture of Purti group of former BJP national president Nitin Gadkari, today launched the 'Jointly Owned Dealer Operator (JODO)' service with Essar group, under which it will set up Essar-Purti Petrol pumps network. Announcing that Purti is blending 10 percent ethanol with petrol and it is being supplied to the petrol pumps in the city and it would soon be available in Wardha, Bhandara and Gondia in Maharashtra, Gadkari said the group has sought permission from the government to blend 20 percent ethanol with the petrol.

NAGPUR: Senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari , who is the new minister for Road Transport & Highways (RTH) and Shipping in Narendra Modi government, tonight said he will assume office on May 29. Gadkari, who became the first cabinet-rank minister from Nagpur and is celebrating his birthday today, landed here tonight from New Delhi to a rousing reception by hundreds of his supporters. Addressing reporters at the airport here, Gadkari reiterated BJP's commitment to infrastructure development saying "we will take up laying of highways on a priority basis".

MUMBAI: The shipping ministry is talking with the finance ministry for help to restructure stressed shipping industry loans and tax exemptions to the debt-laden sector, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. Indian shipping companies are still reeling from the global downturn in the sector started five years back. Overcapacity since then has hindered any meaningful recovery in freight rates. The worst-hit are shipbuilding companies like Bharati Shipyard and ABG Shipyard whose clients backed out of payments midway, leaving unfinished ships in Indian yards.

NEW DELHI: Union Minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari has said party patriarch L K Advani deserves to be the President of India, a post commensurate with his stature. Appearing on Rajat Sharma's show 'Aap ki Adalat' on 'India TV', the Union Road Transport Minister said it would not have been proper had he (Advani) been made the Lok Sabha Speaker as the party veteran has already been Deputy Prime Minister. "Advaniji was Deputy Prime Minister and it would not have been proper had he been made the Speaker.

NEW DELHI: Plans to link the MNREGA scheme with the afforestation progamme could get a huge boost with Rural Development Ministry officials saying that the idea mooted by Union minister Nitin Gadkari has lot of promise. Gadkari, who is holding the additional charge of the ministry, held a review meeting with its officials and informed them about the government's plans to plant trees along the village and district roads and state highways. He sought their suggestions to link the tree plantation programme with the rural job scheme launched by the UPA government . According to the minister, such a plan has the potential to employ 30 lakh youth.

NEW DELHI: Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde has said there seems to be "substance" in the charges levelled against BJP president Nitin Gadkari for alleged dubious funding of companies owned by him. "Whatever things are coming up. You people are showing it on TV. It seems there is some substance in it (allegations)," Shinde told reporters on Friday on the sidelines of a function here. Shinde, leader of Congress party in Lok Sabha, declined to elaborate on it further.

New Delhi: BJP chief Nitin Gadkari today called on President Pranab Mukherjee and congratulated him on assuming the top post. Terming his visit as a "courtesy" call, he said, "It had nothing to do with politics. " "After Pranab Mukherjee became President, I had to congratulate him. I congratulated him and held some discussions. I have old personal relations with him. It was a courtesy visit. It had nothing to do with politics," he told reporters after coming out of Rashtrapati Bhawan.

AURANGABAD: BJP president Nitin Gadkari today said while he was willing to face any inquiry in the wake of allegations of floating shell companies made against him but asked why Congress leaders in line of fire were not coming forward to face similar enquiry. "I am ready to face any inquiry on the basis of allegations levelled against me but why are not Congress leaders facing allegations coming forward to face inquiries"? Gadkari asked. He was talking to reporters here today at the Chikalthana international airport on his way to inaugurate the crushing season of a sugar factory at Faijabad.